http://planning-research.com/womens-quiet-revolutions-in-work-home-and-travel/ essays on urban studies Mon, 28 Feb 2011 11:39:58 -0600 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://planning-research.com/womens-quiet-revolutions-in-work-home-and-travel/comment-page-1/#comment-67 marc Wed, 18 Apr 2007 19:45:00 +0000 http://planning-research.martacrane.com/?p=60#comment-67 Perhaps an important aspect of the increasing number of females in planning departments is a shift in the emphasis in transportation planning away from commuting. Transportation planning and its sibling civil engineering have historically been mostly male disciplines and therefore focused on that quintessentially adult male trip: the commute. But commutes only account for 15% of all trips. Commuting also neglects the entire population at the younger and older ends of the spectrum regardless of sex. In terms of emphasis in transportation planning, maybe there is indeed a quiet revolution occuring. Perhaps an important aspect of the increasing number of females in planning departments is a shift in the emphasis in transportation planning away from commuting. Transportation planning and its sibling civil engineering have historically been mostly male disciplines and therefore focused on that quintessentially adult male trip: the commute. But commutes only account for 15% of all trips. Commuting also neglects the entire population at the younger and older ends of the spectrum regardless of sex. In terms of emphasis in transportation planning, maybe there is indeed a quiet revolution occuring.

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